Is there a good guide to globalizing RoboHelp 10?

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I need to provide help in French, and the information I have found is spotty. - Thanks

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Hi Barbara.

There is all sorts of stuff dotted around but probably nothing that covers everything. Try looking at the following links:

If these don't help, come back with some specifics that you'd like more info on.

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I'm using robohelp 10. I'm new to localization and trying to figure out what to expect. I read Ben Minson tutorial and RH manual and still have a couple questions:

ques 1) if the robohelp project gets translated to a different language, what is the purpose of selecting the target language from the language drop-down in project settings? Do I do this before sending the project to translation of after i get it back?

ques 2) Now, let's say i have 5 languages. Do i create a project for each language? this seems like a management nightmare when i need to make changes going forward. Even if i were to use one project, would i have a topic for each language where each topic is conditionalized? still sounds like a nightmare scenario going forward.

I think what i need is a best practice for managing localization using robohelp. Please advise.

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Hi Jeff,

I am still working through this, but I think your best bet is to talk to a translation agency. Some of them handle the project localization and subsequent updates of translated projects. You want a translation agency that fully supports RoboHelp. In any case, if you send the project off to be translated, you should not have to change the project language before sending it. If the translation agency fully supports RoboHelp, you would send them the files to be translated (htm, hhc, etc) and you would also send the project files separately.

I need to document this for our international offices in the next few months. If you want, I can keep you posted.

Good Luck,

Barbara

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